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Article #2889Re: LCD Monitor driving me nuts
From: Alan Wright
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 17:26
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 17:26
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"Duncan" <duncan(remove)smith99@(remove)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:b83nja$5cg$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk... > I have just bought a 17" AOC LCD monitor and set at the suggested resolution > of 1280 x 1024. However the font size is too small and if I go into > display>settings>advanced and change to large fonts I find sometimes web > pages and emails have some distortions. I have tried in the applications to > increase/reduce font sizes but no good. > Any ideas much appreciated > Duncan I just put up with the web sites that look crappy at 1280x1024. There are not that many of them. I do use ClearType font smoothing though. I much prefer this. Note that text quality varies substantially among LCD monitors, which is why this aspect is emphasized in reviews. Not sure how your monitor is rated for this. Alan
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